TY - JOUR
T1 - Air in the main pancreatic duct associated with a pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
AU - Yamamoto, Satoshi
AU - Inui, Kazuo
AU - Yoshino, Junji
AU - Miyoshi, Hironao
AU - Kobayashi, Takashi
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PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - A 62-year-old man was referred to our hospital after ultrasonographic mass screening detected a pancreatic cyst that proved to be an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm. Computed tomography additionally demonstrated air in the main pancreatic duct. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography delineated a filling defect in the main pancreatic duct in the body of the pancreas. The sphincter of Oddi was open. The main pancreatic duct was dilated by viscous mucin; air in the duct was attributed to consequent dysfunction of the sphincter. Laboratory findings included no significant abnormality. The patient has remained asymptomatic during follow-up. Of 25 previously reported cases with air in the duct, only 1 involved an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
AB - A 62-year-old man was referred to our hospital after ultrasonographic mass screening detected a pancreatic cyst that proved to be an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm. Computed tomography additionally demonstrated air in the main pancreatic duct. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography delineated a filling defect in the main pancreatic duct in the body of the pancreas. The sphincter of Oddi was open. The main pancreatic duct was dilated by viscous mucin; air in the duct was attributed to consequent dysfunction of the sphincter. Laboratory findings included no significant abnormality. The patient has remained asymptomatic during follow-up. Of 25 previously reported cases with air in the duct, only 1 involved an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12328-013-0408-8
DO - 10.1007/s12328-013-0408-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897990669
VL - 6
SP - 454
EP - 458
JO - Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology
SN - 1865-7257
IS - 6
ER -